Cultivator.



N0. 692,660. Patented Feb. 4; I902.

G. W. HENRY.-

CULTIVATOB. I

(Application filed Oct. 19, 1901.)

' (No Model.)

WITNESSES I UVVENTOP eozye mnry THE. nonma Pn'zns co., mmou'rua. WASNINGYON, bio

UNrrEn I STATES ATET @E rO.

GEORGE w; HENRY, OF OIL Orr-Y, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION formin we r-Letter. were No." 692,660, dated February 4, .1902.

' Application filed October 19, 1901, $erial No 79,232 (NomodelJ To all whont it 112,013. ,conce n 71,5" v Be it known that I, GEORGEW. H NRY, a

citizen of the United States, and'a resident of 7 is a full, clear, and exact description,

This invention relates toiinproveinents in cultivators, the object beingto providea cultivator of simple construction that may be easily operated to effectually break up the ground under and around plants without danger of breaking or cutting the plants.

I will describe acultivatorembodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims. 7

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawin gs,f0rmin g a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indi cate corresponding parts in all the figures.

. Figure l is a plan view of a cultivator embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side view, partly in section; and Fig.3 is a plan view with the hood removed.

The cultivator comprises handles 1 2, in which are formed bearings for the shaft of a traction-wheel 3. Arranged in the forward portions of the handles is a shaft 4, on which are secured curved cultivator or chopping fingers 5. As here shown, there are five series of said fingers 5; but a greater or less number may be employed without departingfrom the spirit of my invention. On the shaft 4 is a sprocket-wheel 6, from which a sprocketchain 7 extends to a sprocket-wheel S on the shaft of the traction-wheel 3. Therefore it will be seen that as the cultivator is moved forward rotary motion-will be imparted to the hood is attached to a frame 10, having swinging connection with a rod 11, extended from the shaft of the traction-wheel. During the forward movement of the machine the hood two subscribing witnesses.

ing connection of the frame with the rod 11' itself toxthe will permit the hood to adjustformation of the ground.

Instead of the sprocket mechanism shown r it is obvious that-a train of gear-wheels may be employed for driving the cultivator-shaft.

' 9will ride upon the ground, and the swing- 5o Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters p Patent-.

1. A cultivator, comprising handles, atrac: tion-wheel, a shaft arranged at the forward portion of the handles, cultivator-fingers on said shaft, a hood over the fingers and driving connections between said shaft and the traction-wheel, substantially as specified.

2. A cultivator, comprising handles, atractiOn-Wheel having its shaft-bearings in said handles, a shaft at the forward end of the handles, curvedfingers on said shaft, a hood over the fingers, a sprocket-wheel on said shaft, a sprocket-wheel on the'shaft of the traction-wheel, and a chain connection between said sprocket-wheels, substantially as specified.

3. A cultivator, comprising handles, atraction-wheel supporting said handles, a shaft arranged at the forward portion of the handles, a driving connection between said shaft and the traction-wheel, cultivator-fingers on said shaft, and a hood arranged over said fingers, substantially as specified.

4. A cultivator, comprising handles, a traction-wheel supporting the handles,cultivatorteeth arranged at the forward portion of the handles, a driving connection between said cultivator-teeth and the traction-wheel, a rod extended from the shaft of the traction-wheel, a frame having swinging connection with said rod, and a protecting-hood connected to said frame, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of GEORGE W. HENRY. 

